Your Arsenal News Years Resolutions for 2025?
1- Believe in the resurrection of Jesus, even though it happened at Christmas this year and not Easter. 2- Believe we will get Victor or Viktor, even though we scored 89 goals in 2024 (club record) and Jesus has risen (see point 1) 3- Accept that (at the request/insistence Gary Neville) the FA will ban […]
Welcome to the Goonerverse! Send us your poems!
Welcome to the Goonerverse! Based on the success of “Welcome to the Goonerverse” – the first Arsenal anthology, released a few weeks ago by Gunners Town boss Dave Seager (and friends), Gunners Town has decided to create a virtual Goonerverse, and is encouraging our readers to contribute to a growing collection of Gooner poetry. Consider […]
What if….? (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 3-2 CRY]
‘What if…..?’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective “Do I want to step into possible foolishness” Me, last night. The score against Palace in the Cup was good/possibly bad. One of those games where you want to win but you are kinda cool if you don’t. We remember the big impact that Dubai and […]
Arsenal’s Set Piece Success
Gunners Town is pleased to feature this guest post by Zach Lowy (@zachlowy) a freelance journalist who writes for various outlets such as Fotmob, RG News and more. —— In July 2019, Manchester City appointed Nicolas Jover as an assistant coach to Pep Guardiola. Having previously spent time as a video analyst for Montpellier, a […]
The Arsenal Women Journal – 2024 out with a bang, goodbye Renée? [ARS 3-2 BAY]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados!Not sure about you, but I still feel the adrenaline pumping after the breath-taking win against Bayern in what felt like an end-of-the-world night at Meadow Park. Second-half goals from Alessia Russo and Mariona Caldentey turned the scoreline in our favour after the 1-1 at half-time and ensured we would go through […]
The Arsenal Women Journal – Gunners pounce on rivals’ slip-ups [LIV 0-1 ARS]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! What a weird afternoon in Liverpool: we should have won comfortably, we could have dropped a couple of points, and we ended making ground up on both Chelsea and Manchester City, who drew against Leicester City and lost to Everton, respectively. When Alessia Russo scored her sixth goal in the last […]
Feeling the need for fresh – Post Everton, Positives, Needs and Hopes!
‘Feeling the need for fresh’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Although I’m about to relate Arsenal to food, I think that the comparison has validity. Alternatively, I’m reaching, but I believe I’m on to something. Read on…. I live in East Tennessee in a small community called Talbott. We are very much in […]
The Arsenal Women Journal – Six and Counting for Renée and her girls [VAL 1-3 ARS]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! UWCL knock-out phase, here we come. The 3-1 win in Norway saw us validating our ticket for the first round of the knock-out phase of this year’s UWCL, restoring our status as one of the best teams in Europe. The final fixture, at home to Bayern Munich, will tell us whether […]
He could / He will… Solving our attacking shortfalls – a deep dive
‘He could / He will’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective This post is different to usual. I think the positives, needs and all the other stuff is somewhat irrelevant after Fulham. There is one clear issue to discuss. As ever, I attempt to find a solution. Group 1. Showing up for work at […]
The Arsenal Women Journal – Don’t wake me up! [ARS 4-0 AVL]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! Our girls were back in action this weekend after returning from the international break, and I was a bit worried that all the travelling and the minutes played across the globe would have a negative impact on our performance. Bar a period of ten minutes or so, it wasn’t the case. […]